CC.1.3.9-10.A
Description:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-11
J-11
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2199 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: Skylar and Jason's relationship is already strained when they're paired together for a class project. Will their "no-technology" challenge make them, or break them?
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
What is the main idea of this selection?
- Face-to-face interaction can lead to a personal understanding that technology doesn't always allow.
- We must each find a purposeful path to follow in life that is different from that of our peers.
- Creative teachers provide learning environments that inspire and encourage individual discoveries.
- Teenagers benefit from relationships the most when they date more than one person in high school.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain how the author presents a theme in a selection through plot, characters, and setting. Describe the events that embody the theme.
Evaluator
Organization:
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